how to create mythbuster type of letters
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From: john on 15 Jan 2006 04:09 On 14 Jan 2006 22:25:28 GMT, noone(a)hunt.com (Hunt) wrote: >In article <dq7525124c9(a)news3.newsguy.com>, noone(a)hunt.com says... >> >>In article <43c66f5f$1(a)news.nb.nu>, bert(a)l.am.com says... >>> >>>I would like to create (or rather emulate) the mythbusters logo. Mythbusters >>>is a TV series on Discovery channel very popular with 12 year old boys as >>>well as boys above that age. >>>I'm going to try to write my sons name in this style (metal looking >>>background, metal letters, bevel). Has anyone ever seen a tutorial that can >>>help me in the correct direction? >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>B.ert L. from NL (EU) >> >>First thing I'd do is to make a mask for the outline of the letters (of your >>choice) and use a small, round, hard-edged brush with jitter, to work on the >>mask. The metal-like background can be easily made, and if you's do an emboss >>to make the type appear to come out of it, the effect should be similar. >> >>There are several add-ons that "distress" type. Some of those effects might >>fill the bill. Seems that AutoFX has one. Someplace, I have a pile of type- >>effects, but don't have them on this machine, and cannot recall the producer. >> >>Hunt > >While searching for a font (problem) on my system, I think I found the exact >font that you need, to do the MythBuster's treatment, Wobbly BRK. I do not >recall where this font came from, but it has the distressed edge, that I >suggested "making," with a mask. One good thing about using the font, and not >having to work on an outline Selection, is that it will stay editible in the >Text Layer. Might want to go to one of the fonts NG's and inquire about Wobbly >BRK. Also, www.whatthefont.com (I think that is correct), might offer similar >or Wobbly. > >Hunt A quick search in Google came up with http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/static-Letter-W-10.html John
From: Bert L.am on 15 Jan 2006 07:35 <john(a)world.com> schreef in bericht news:f14ks1db9vuljp14nc1k7jneiquenr7j4j(a)4ax.com... > On 14 Jan 2006 22:25:28 GMT, noone(a)hunt.com (Hunt) wrote: > >>In article <dq7525124c9(a)news3.newsguy.com>, noone(a)hunt.com says... >>> >>>In article <43c66f5f$1(a)news.nb.nu>, bert(a)l.am.com says... >>>> >>>>I would like to create (or rather emulate) the mythbusters logo. >>>>Mythbusters >>>>is a TV series on Discovery channel very popular with 12 year old boys >>>>as >>>>well as boys above that age. >>>>I'm going to try to write my sons name in this style (metal looking >>>>background, metal letters, bevel). Has anyone ever seen a tutorial that >>>>can >>>>help me in the correct direction? >>>> >>>>TIA >>>> >>>>B.ert L. from NL (EU) >>> >>>First thing I'd do is to make a mask for the outline of the letters (of >>>your >>>choice) and use a small, round, hard-edged brush with jitter, to work on >>>the >>>mask. The metal-like background can be easily made, and if you's do an >>>emboss >>>to make the type appear to come out of it, the effect should be similar. >>> >>>There are several add-ons that "distress" type. Some of those effects >>>might >>>fill the bill. Seems that AutoFX has one. Someplace, I have a pile of >>>type- >>>effects, but don't have them on this machine, and cannot recall the >>>producer. >>> >>>Hunt >> >>While searching for a font (problem) on my system, I think I found the >>exact >>font that you need, to do the MythBuster's treatment, Wobbly BRK. I do not >>recall where this font came from, but it has the distressed edge, that I >>suggested "making," with a mask. One good thing about using the font, and >>not >>having to work on an outline Selection, is that it will stay editible in >>the >>Text Layer. Might want to go to one of the fonts NG's and inquire about >>Wobbly >>BRK. Also, www.whatthefont.com (I think that is correct), might offer >>similar >>or Wobbly. >> >>Hunt > > A quick search in Google came up with > > http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/static-Letter-W-10.html > > John Great. This has proved to be a great big help. Many thanks from Holland (the country of tulips, cloggs, windmills and dikes) B.ert L. -- Posted by news://news.nb.nu
From: Hunt on 15 Jan 2006 11:42 In article <f14ks1db9vuljp14nc1k7jneiquenr7j4j(a)4ax.com>, john(a)world.com says .... > >On 14 Jan 2006 22:25:28 GMT, noone(a)hunt.com (Hunt) wrote: > >>In article <dq7525124c9(a)news3.newsguy.com>, noone(a)hunt.com says... >>> >>>In article <43c66f5f$1(a)news.nb.nu>, bert(a)l.am.com says... >>>> >>>>I would like to create (or rather emulate) the mythbusters logo. Mythbusters >>>>is a TV series on Discovery channel very popular with 12 year old boys as >>>>well as boys above that age. >>>>I'm going to try to write my sons name in this style (metal looking >>>>background, metal letters, bevel). Has anyone ever seen a tutorial that can >>>>help me in the correct direction? >>>> >>>>TIA >>>> >>>>B.ert L. from NL (EU) >>> >>>First thing I'd do is to make a mask for the outline of the letters (of your >>>choice) and use a small, round, hard-edged brush with jitter, to work on the >>>mask. The metal-like background can be easily made, and if you's do an emboss >>>to make the type appear to come out of it, the effect should be similar. >>> >>>There are several add-ons that "distress" type. Some of those effects might >>>fill the bill. Seems that AutoFX has one. Someplace, I have a pile of type- >>>effects, but don't have them on this machine, and cannot recall the producer. >>> >>>Hunt >> >>While searching for a font (problem) on my system, I think I found the exact >>font that you need, to do the MythBuster's treatment, Wobbly BRK. I do not >>recall where this font came from, but it has the distressed edge, that I >>suggested "making," with a mask. One good thing about using the font, and not >>having to work on an outline Selection, is that it will stay editible in the >>Text Layer. Might want to go to one of the fonts NG's and inquire about Wobbly >>BRK. Also, www.whatthefont.com (I think that is correct), might offer similar >>or Wobbly. >> >>Hunt > >A quick search in Google came up with > >http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/static-Letter-W-10.html > >John Excellent. Hope the OP follows his/her thread. Hunt
From: Hunt on 15 Jan 2006 11:44
In article <43ca41a3$1(a)news.nb.nu>, bert(a)l.am.com says... > > ><john(a)world.com> schreef in bericht >news:f14ks1db9vuljp14nc1k7jneiquenr7j4j(a)4ax.com... >> On 14 Jan 2006 22:25:28 GMT, noone(a)hunt.com (Hunt) wrote: [SNIP] >> >> A quick search in Google came up with >> >> http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/static-Letter-W-10.html >> >> John > >Great. This has proved to be a great big help. >Many thanks from Holland (the country of tulips, cloggs, windmills and >dikes) > >B.ert L. > > >-- >Posted by news://news.nb.nu Great! Too often someone posts a request/question, and others jump in to help, only to never know if any of the thoughts or ideas actually helped. Let us know how the project goes. One never knows when *they* will be called upon to do something similar. Hunt |